GTA is a non-sponsored airgun forum. We are supported strictly by its family members and vendor/members. We presently have close to 8,000 members and continue to grow by 10 or more new members daily. We are becoming a voice in the airgun market. We are proud to have manufacturers and distributors/vendors wanting to become a part of our growing group.One of the things we do as a forum is support those that support us. With that in mind, and in keeping with GTA remaining a non-sponsored and member owned/managed forum, we offer vendors some unique benefits for supporting us. We set them up a special vendor gate where they can communicate directly with our members. We also set up links to their businesses in our Mall and some in our Library pages. MANY other forums charge for this service. GTA does not and will not, so we can remain non-sponsored and non-biased toward any manufacturer or distributor. We DO have a set of requirements each vendor must meet before we will consider supporting them with free space in our forum.The main requirements for any vendor is to support us, the customer, and to exhibit ethical business practices. The dealer in question has failed to do any of these things. He has not shown any support of GTA forums and its members. The owner of our forum actually has evidence of price gouging. There have been some other instances we have proof of where unethical business practices were used by them against another member/vendor here that was just down right dirty. His efforts to eliminate competition to fix prices actually backfired. I believe the other vendor has come back stronger than ever. But we cannot and will not condone or support anyone doing business in this manner.For that reason, this vendor was removed from the vendor gate, Mall, Library and GTA as a forum will not support their business. Each member of our family has the right to do business with whomever they please. But GTA as a forum will only support those that support us and do business in an ethical manner. For that reason, the name has been added to our censor list. We do not need nor want any discussion of said merchant.But as I said, each member is free to choose whom they do business with.I hope this answers your questions why your posts look the way they do.DaveGTA Administrator